User blog:Snowpaw the Wild/Evolution of the Character - Snowpaw

Well, I was thinking of how I made up the character of Snowpaw one day, and it was so interesting and funny that I decided to tell you guys about it.

Originally, Snowpaw was named Dawn, a name which I ultimately kept, but when she became a rough-and-tumble tomboy, I decided that was too tame. But we're just going to refer to her as Snowpaw here, mainly because I can't remember when I changed the name.

In the beginning, I couldn't decide whether to make my main char a mouse or a squirrel, so I comprimised and made it a mouse-squirrel cross-breed. She had some business with Martin the Warrior (I never decided what), and bagan at the beginning to find him. She went to the north shores where he lived, and followed his trail from there all the way to Noonvale. Shortly after, she lost the trail and went back to Noonvale. When in the events of [http://redwall.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Snowpaw_the_Wild/The_Past_is_Gone The past is gone], Martin traveled to Noonvale, he found her comfortably settled down and married to Brome.

For various reasons, I changed her species to a full squirrel when I got tired of that. She had been a part of Ranguvar Foeseeker's tribe, but her parents had been killed and she had been taken as an oarslave. When the Goreleech went down, she stood by Luke the Warrior and he asked her to find his son and tell him something (again, I never figured out what). She survived the wreck, and again met Martin during the events of The Past is Gone. Naturally, that's unrealistic, so I changed it again.

Well, I was tired of Martin the Warrior by this time, so I changed the timeline to after Marlfox. Snowpaw was a wandering warrior from the north who came south and accidentally caused the death of Lady Cregga Rose Eyes. Feeling guilty, she left Redwall and swore never to return. However, when a molemaid came after her with the news that Redwall was captured by a warlord from her past, she was forced to break that oath and return. It was far more complete than any of my previous ones, but all hopes were dashed when I read Taggerung. However, a very funny moment remains, which I've been trying to incorporate into another fanfic.

[Unexperienced Warrior]-You know, (Experienced Warrior's name), I never thought it would be like this. I thought warriors always knew what to do. But when I see those vermin rushing me, with the one goal to kill me in mind, I get scared. I'm scared, (Experienced Warrior's name).

[Experienced Warrior]-Yeah, me too.

I decided to move Snowpaw's time period again, and after various attemts, I landed her right after Mattimeo. Little Snowpaw runs away from Redwall 'cause she's bored. She goes north, gets lost, has amneisia, and basically liberates the northern areas. Of course Matthias and Mattimeo were in it; they were currently my favorite characters. But I abandoned that too, though the basic idea remained; Snowpaw ran away from Redwall, had amneisia, saved some far away land, and got over it with the help of Redwallians. But that in itself went through different phases.

On my userpage at the Redwall Wiki, it says my love interest was Darryle Treeflash. Absolutely correct, but originally Darryle was my brother and Sam Squirrel was my love interest. I changed that when I decided Sam wasn't exactly Snowpaw's type, and changed Darryle to love interest (He's been promoted! JK). For a time, his name was Flashpaw (Thanks to my dad for the name), but I really liked Darryle at the time, so I changed it back and made his adopted son Flashpaw, a name which is much better explained in The Oath of a Warrior. So don't expect to understand it anytime soon, unless you can figure it out yourself.

I stuck with that idea for some time, and actually finished a fanfic about it, but one day I reread it and hated it, so I am currently rewriting it. *Jumps up and down happily* And the official rewrite of The Heart of a Warrior is almost through Part 1, so if you're anticipating it, expect it to be posted within a few months!

So thanks for reading, I'll finish up with a few odd notes that I can't really time.

At one point my main char was a female otter, Kaylee, daughter of Keyla and Tullgrew.

Snowpaw was at one point Sam Squirrel's little sister.

Guess that's all! Thanks for reading and please comment!